One of my dear friends told me to update my journey so here we go...sometimes it is difficult to update when one is blessed to have 3 grandchildren. Love them dearly and get to care for them regularly. It doesn't get any better than this season of our lives. My health is stable and will return to Mayo next week to see what they have to say about my situation. I have a "slow burner" situation at this time. Praying that it remains that way. Lois' healing is progressing gradually. A new knee, hip and back fusion in about 2 years is a lot to recover from at our ages. Enough about this stuff!
You may wonder about the picture and its significance. Lindsay's Concordia College (Moorhead MN) Class of 1999 at their ten year reunion initiated a scholarship in Lindsay's name at Concordia. Last fall the Connections program that Lindsay taught in at Roseville High School was cut back significantly. We were disappointed as were the wonderful teachers committed to the Connections concept for 9th -12th graders but the program was reduced. As Brian and I visited about the situation we decided to explore the scholarship at Concordia. We found that the Class of 99 had endowed half of the total amount needed before the scholarship could be awarded. At that point Brian (CC Class of 99) and our family agreed to see if we could bring the generous funds from the scholarship in Roseville to the Concordia Scholarship.
With the help of Kilie Kadre Weiler of Concordia we were able to complete the endowment requirement with the transferred funds. We all were amazed that it will began awarding scholarships in Lindsay Ostrem Roach's name for the 2012-2013 school year. It will be dedicated to secondary education majors studying at Concordia. Thank you "Class of 99", Karin and Andrew for beginning this scholarship and know that Lindsay would be so honored to know you established it in her memory.
Concordia recognized the endowment of the scholarship at the Founder's Day Dinner. Dr Kraft, the new president of Concordia, presented the President's Award to Brian and our family last weekend. We believe that it really belongs to the Class of 99, Lindsay's friends and our families. Thank you for this precious gift in her memory.
